NELC 2026 Annual Conference

Meet Our Speakers

Eniola Akinrinade

Senior Counsel L&E

Mars Science & Diagnostics

Alex Garrison Barnett

Labor & Employment Partner

Alston & Bird LLP

Eric Barnum

Partner

Baker Hostetler LLP

Phillip Bauknight

Employer Defense Partner

Fisher & Phillips LLP

Steve Chariyasatit

Vice President Legal and Deputy General Counsel

Instacart

Kalisha Chorba

Associate General Counsel

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Shawntel Hebert Clark

Senior Counsel - Head of Global Labor & Employment

The Coca-Cola Company

Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson

Partner

Robinson & Cole LLP

Tashwanda Pinchback Dixon

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Dennis Duffy

Director - Labor & Employment

Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC

Barbara Dunlap

Chief Employment Counsel

Accertify Inc.

Yvette Gatling

Shareholder

Littler Mendelson P.C.

Charlene Gedeus

Shareholder

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Jewelle Johnson

VP - Assistant General Counsel & Chief Labor and Employment Counsel

Graphic Packaging International

Dean Kpere-Daibo

Labor & Employment Equity Partner

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP

Gary Lafayette

Partner

Sanders Roberts LLP

Carolyn Lam

Managing Director - Customer Experience Escalation and Recovery

American Airlines

Allegra Lawrence-Hardy

Managing Partner

Krevolin & Horst LLC

Megan Lawson

Director of Employment

ALO LLC

Enrique Lemus

Partner

Jones Day

Rebeca Lopez

Attorney Shareholder

Godfrey & Kahn S.C.

Jamala McFadden

Managing Partner

The Employment Law Solution

Shalanna Pirtle

Chief Talent and D&I Officer

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Gerald Pauling

Partner

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Lauren Polk

Corporate Legal Counsel - Employment

Oracle

David Powell Jr.

Trial Lawyer & Founding Partner

Garnett Powell Maximon Barlow & Farbes

Miguel Pozo

Partner

Cozen O'Connor

Alka Ramchandani-Raj

Partner

Littler Mendelson P.C.

Angela Ramson

Partner

Fox Rothschild LLP

Monica Rodriguez

Partner

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Luis Santos

Office Managing Partner

FordHarrison

Brandon Shelton

Shareholder

Ogletree Deakins

Nicholas Simpson

Partner

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Marjorie Soto-Garcia

Partner

McDermott Will & Emery

Bill Stovall

Director of Labor & Employee Relations

Ingredion

Gerald Walden

Group VP - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

The Fresh Market Inc.

DeAndrea Washington

Partner

Spencer Fane

JT Wilson

Principal

Epstein Becker & Green P.C.

Tobias Spruill

Director - Head of North American Employment Law & Employee Benefits

LinkedIn

Tara Param

Partner

Holland & Knight

Jewelle Johnson

VP, Assistant General Counsel, and Chief Labor & Employment Counsel

Graphic Packaging International

Marytza Reyes

Partner

Sanchez Amador & Reyes LLP